The Huawei Ascend P6 smartphone may be the next Android device to forego its custom UI to give users the option of a 'Nexusised' Google Edition, the company revealed on Friday.
Speaking to Pocket-Lint, Kevin Ho, president of the Chinese manufacturer's handset product division, said Huawei has entered talks with Google over a version of the P6 with the pure Android experience.
"We are working with Google to analyse the possibility of bringing out a Huawei Ascend P6 with Google Edition," he told the site.
The standard edition of the 4.7-inch P6, which was recently-crowned the world's thinnest smartphone, runs Huawei's Emotion UI, which Ho said brings "hundreds of improvements" to Android.
Regardless of the perceived superiority, it seems Ho is keen to give smartphone fans a choice.
The root of the issue
The clamour for Google Editions of popular Android devices began last month at Google I/O when the company announced a Samsung Galaxy S4 with the same UI that appears on branded Nexus devices.
HTC soon followed with a HTC One Google Edition, but both of which are only on sale in the US at present.
Custom skins like Samsung's TouchWiz and HTC's Sense have long divided opinion among Android fans, with some choosing to root their devices just to access raw Android.
The proliferation of Google Editions, something the search and mobile giant certainly appreciates as it attempts to reel in Android fragmentation, means users may no longer have to tamper with the device to avoid these homegrown skins.
Source : techradar[dot]com
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